Birth Control Is Nothing More Or Less

In Passing, We Should Here Recognize The Difficulties Presented By The Idea Of 'fit' And 'unfit.' Who Is To Decide This Question? The Grosser, The More Obvious, The Undeniably Feeble-minded Should, Indeed, Not Only Be Discouraged But Prevented From Propagating Their Kind. But Among The Writings Of The Representative Eugenists [sic], One Cannot Ignore The Distinct Middle-class Bias That Prevails.

Has Knowledge Of Birth Control, So Carefully Guarded And So Secretly Practiced By The Women Of The Wealthy Class - And So Tenaciously Withheld From The Working Women - Brought Them Misery? Rather, Has It Not Promoted Greater Happiness, Greater Freedom, Greater Prosperity And More Harmony Among Them? The Women Who Have This Knowledge Are The Women Who Have Been Free To Develop, Free To Enjoy In Its Best Sense, And Free To Advance The Interests Of The Community.

Women Must Have Economic And Social Equality With Men.

Birth Control Is The First Important Step Woman Must Take Toward The Goal Of Her Freedom. It Is The First Step She Must Take To Be Man's Equal. It Is The First Step They Must Both Take Toward Human Emancipation.

Woman Must Not Accept; She Must Challenge.